1. When changing the style of a single element, note that the syntax of the style object corresponds almost one-to-one to the syntax used in CSS. However, attributes containing hyphens are replaced with a form of "camel casting", for example: font-size now becomes fontSize, and margin-top becomes marginTop;
2. When using "float", Because "float" is a reserved word in JavaScript, you cannot use style.float and change it to style.cssFloat (IE uses style.styleFloat);
3. Get the calculated style of the element:
Under W3C DOM you can:
CSS Property | JavaScript Reference |
---|---|
background | background |
background-attachment | backgroundAttachment |
background-color | backgroundColor |
background-image | backgroundImage |
background-position | backgroundPosition |
background-repeat | backgroundRepeat |
border | border |
border-bottom | borderBottom |
border-bottom-color | borderBottomColor |
border-bottom-style | borderBottomStyle |
border-bottom-width | borderBottomWidth |
border-color | borderColor |
border-left | borderLeft |
border-left-color | borderLeftColor |
border-left-style | borderLeftStyle |
border-left-width | borderLeftWidth |
border-right | borderRight |
border-right-color | borderRightColor |
border-right-style | borderRightStyle |
border-right-width | borderRightWidth |
border-style | borderStyle |
border-top | borderTop |
border-top-color | borderTopColor |
border-top-style | borderTopStyle |
border-top-width | borderTopWidth |
border-width | borderWidth |
clear | clear |
clip | clip |
color | color |
cursor | cursor |
display | display |
filter | filter |
font | font |
font-family | fontFamily |
font-size | fontSize |
font-variant | fontVariant |
font-weight | fontWeight |
height | height |
left | left |
letter-spacing | letterSpacing |
line-height | lineHeight |
list-style | listStyle |
list-style-image | listStyleImage |
list-style-position | listStylePosition |
list-style-type | listStyleType |
margin | margin |
margin-bottom | marginBottom |
margin-left | marginLeft |
margin-right | marginRight |
margin-top | marginTop |
overflow | overflow |
padding | padding |
padding-bottom | paddingBottom |
padding-left | paddingLeft |
padding-right | paddingRight |
padding-top | paddingTop |
page-break-after | pageBreakAfter |
page-break-before | pageBreakBefore |
position | position |
float | styleFloat |
text-align | textAlign |
text-decoration | textDecoration |
text-decoration: blink | textDecorationBlink |
text-decoration: line-through | textDecorationLineThrough |
text-decoration: none | textDecorationNone |
text-decoration: overline | textDecorationOverline |
text-decoration: underline | textDecorationUnderline |
text-indent | textIndent |
text-transform | textTransform |
top | top |
vertical-align | verticalAlign |
visibility | visibility |
width | width |
z-index | zIndex |
document.all.div_id.style.JS_property_reference = "new_CSS_property_value";
document.div_id.JS_property_reference = "new_CSS_property_value";
document.getElementById(div_id).style.JS_property_reference = "new_CSS_property_value";
Note the use of parentheses instead of square brackets in newer Mozilla's "getElementById()" reference.